Clothes wringer



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CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLIQATION FILED sEPT. 27. m9.

1,41 1 ,983. Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

- UNITE surte CHARLESv c. roi/IKINsoN, or PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTHES wEINeEa.

To ./ZZ -w/zom. it may con cem Be it known that I, CHARLEs C. TOMKIN- SON, a citizen of the United States; and a resident of Plainfield'Union County, and State of New Jersey. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothesv Y effective arrangement for preventing the clothes from wrapping around therollers. Another object isto so arrange the parts that the wringer maybe operated in reverse directions.

These and other objects ofthe invention will appear in the following specification in which -I will describe the inventionand the novel features of which will be setjforth in appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

-Figure 1 is a frontelevation of an appal ratus which is made: according to andv embodies this invention; a part is broken away and 'representedl in section to more clearly show the construction. Figure 2 is an end elevation of the apparatus.

Figure 3 is a sectional end elevation of the apparatus. this section being takenon the lines 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional front elevation of a part of the apparatus and illustrates aV modified form of construction.

Like characters of reference designate oorresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

10 designates vthe frame of the wringer. 11 is the lower roller, the shaft of which is mounted in fixed bearings in the frame.

12 is the upper roller, the shaft of which is mounted in bearing blocks 13 vertically' movable in the frame and pressed down wardly by adjustable springs 14.

15-15 are feed and discharge boards.`

affixed vto the frame near and sides of the rollers.

2O is a brush which is parallel with and centrally located above the upper roller, whichfis afiixed'to theframe 10 on angle irons 21 through which pass threaded studs on opposite 22 from the back of the brush. Nuts 23' complete this attachment and provide meansy for manually adjusting the position of the brush verticallyl igure 4L may be thereby lclothes from being carried up over the roller Specification of Letters Patent. 4Patented API- 4:, 1922. Application filed September 27, 1919. Serial No. 326,775. A

At opposite sides of theroller 11 are simi- Y lar brushes25-25 parallel with and centrally disposed Vin relation to fa horizontal plane through the axisof the brush. These are rigidly secured to ,the frame 10 andto the inner endSof the boards 15. l f

It may be desirable` to'impart the vertical movement of the rollei` 12 to the brush 20, in which case the construction shown in used. yInthis figure the stud 22 passes through the flange 30 at one end of an angle bracket which has another flange 31'y tion from its vother bearing block 13.

In using power driven wringers... the clothes often become wrapped aroundand end and securedto .the

such a common occurrence that such devices are generally equipped with 'Y arrangements for separating the rollers so that the clothes may be removed therefrom. Strippers which comprise pieces of rubber, Vfelt'or other ma.- terial pressed, against V'the rollers havebeen bound tothe rollers. Inffact this is projecting in the opposite'direc- Y Y tried -for the purpose of preventing this ob-.

wringers, but haveproven to,.be ineffective.v

fiexible brush elements such as those referred to herein are infallible in producing the result desired. It is obvious that theV flexible elementsV ofr the brushes 20 prevent the 12. nor do they becoinecaught between the elements provides for the vertical movement of the roller'in most cases, but if desired they may be supported to rise and fallfwith the roller as shown in Figure 4.' It'is also clear that the brushes 25 prevent the clothes from being carried down between the roller 11 and the board 15.

The term bristles is not-limited to merely animal hair, but to any equivalent substance l. In a clothes wringer having parallel jectionablefeaturein the operation of'such VIhave found, however, that brushes having 190 brush and the roller as they do when strip` wipers are used. The flexibility of the brush rollers, a brush having a plurality of flexible brush elements, non-resilient means for holding said brush rigidly against the side of one of said rollers and parallel with the axis thereof, and an inclined shelf extending from said brush.

2. In a clothes wringer having parallel rollers, a pair of brushes each having flexible brush elements, non-resilient means for holding said brushes rigidly against the opposite sides of the lower roller and parallel with the vaxis thereof, and a pair of oppositely inclined shelves each ext-ending from one of said brushes.

3. In a clothes wringer having a pair of parallel rollers, a brush having a plurality of flexible brush elements, non-resilient means for holding said brush rigidly in contact with the upper central portion of the upper of Vsaid rollers and parallel with the axis thereof, a pair of other brushes each having a plurality of brush elements, nonresilient means for holding said other brushes rigidly in Contact with the opposite sides of the lower roller and parallel with the axis thereof, and a pair of oppositely inclined shelves each extending from one of said other brushes.

il. The combination with a frame having a pair of rolls mounted therein, of a brush mounted in the frame in position to contact with the upper surfacev of the upper roll, and a brush contacting with the lower roll at points between the upper and lower surfaces thereof.

y 5. The combination with a pair of rolls disposed one above the other, of a pair of opventing the clothes from wrapping about one ofthe ro-lls comprising a brush disposed substantially longitudinally of said roll and having bristles bearing lightly on the pe riphery of said roll to thereby catch and throw off clothes adhering to the surface of said roll. Y

7. rlhe combination with a clothes wringer comprising cooperating upper and lower rolls, of means for preventing the clothes from wrapping about said rolls comprising a brush disposed longitudinally above the upper roll and having bristles projecting downwardly toward and into light contact with the Lipper surface of said roll and longitudinally extending brushes disposed rat opposite sides of the axis of the lower roll and having bristles extending into light contact `with (the opposite sides of said lower roll.v

8. rEhe combination with a clothes wringer having cooperating rolls, of means for preventing the clothes from wrapping about the rolls comprising brushes disposed substantially longitudinally of said rolls and having bristles bearing lightly on the periphery of said rolls adapted to engage and remove clothes adhering to the surface of said rolls.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand this 23d day of Sept. 1919.

CHARLES C. TOMKINSON. 

